Roemer cracks jokes on Twitter despite N.H. votes

Buddy Roemer has taken to his Twitter account to offer commentary on the New Hampshire results so far.

To wit:

Taking bets: Which candidate will be first to sign on for Season 8 of "Dancing With the Stars?" #onlyinamerica"

Earlier, after Mitt Romney was declared the New Hampshire winner, the former Louisiana governor tweeted:

Don't miss it. At midnight, Mitt will turn into a corporation.#corporationsarepumpkins

Going into tonight's primary, it was an open question who would finish last in New Hampshire: Roemer or Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who wasn't really competing in the Granite State.

With more than half the votes counted, it looks like Roemer is headed for a last-place finish.

He's been waging an uphill battle for the GOP presidential nomination, away from the media scrums trailing Romney and a surging Jon Huntsman. Without any standing in national polls, Roemer has been shut out of the televised presidential debates.

Roemer moved to the Granite State months ago to talk to voters one-on-one about the dangers of big money on politics.

He finished with 31 votes in the Iowa caucuses last week -- only 27 behind businessman Herman Cain, who once was the GOP front-runner in Iowa and national polls until allegations of sexual misconduct derailed his campaign. Tonight, Roemer was pleased he outpolled Cain.

"We were written off months ago. We're not being written off now," Roemer told The Hill in an interview. "We've come from zero to having a request for an interview every 10 minutes — and that's a start for our issue."

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